Consultancy for KCCA Urban Refugee Coordination Framework

The consultancy aims to establish a KCCA-led Urban Refugee Coordination Mechanism that aligns actors, clarifies responsibilities, coordinates urban refugee interventions, and mobilizes and tracks stakeholder contributions through a transparent and accountable system linked to KCCA structures and strategic plan. The consultant will conduct actor mapping, coordination assessment, consultations, mechanism design, operating arrangements, activation planning, and validation.

Responsibilities

• Confirm the work plan and rapidly map KCCA units, divisions, national institutions, UN agencies, development partners, CSOs, refugee-led organisations and private providers, showing mandates, services, geographic coverage, resources and coordination relationships.
• Review existing coordination, referrals, planning and reporting; identify gaps and overlaps; and map current and potential cash and in-kind contributions from KCCA, relevant national institutions, UN agencies, development partners, CSOs, philanthropic organisations and the private sector.
• Consult KCCA leadership, relevant directorates and all five divisions, MIA, OPM, MoLG, service and security actors, UN agencies, partners, CSOs, refugee-led organisations, refugees and host communities.
• Design the KCCA-led mechanism, including purpose, membership, chairing, secretariat/focal function, technical working arrangements, division focal points, decision rights, meeting cycle, escalation, partner alignment and community representation.
• Prepare an actor register, role matrix, annual coordination calendar, action and decision logs, referral protocol, service directory, reporting template, complaints/feedback process and lawful data-sharing standards.
• Prepare a costed 90-day activation plan, first-year coordination work plan, capacity requirements and immediate financing actions.
• Facilitate KCCA-led technical and stakeholder validation, resolve comments, complete legal, finance, planning, data and safeguarding checks, and submit the mechanism for KCCA management approval.
• Produce a comprehensive snapshot of the urban refugee population in Kampala, including demographic characteristics, geographic distribution, socio-economic profile, access to services, livelihood opportunities, and key challenges affecting refugee inclusion and self-reliance.
• Undertake a financial landscape analysis to assess current, available, and potential resources that can support implementation of the KCCA framework.

Requirements

• Lead firm shall be legally registered and registered in the PPDA Register of Providers.
• Lead firm must demonstrate experience in migration or refugee policy, multi-sectoral coordination and programming, understanding of Uganda’s migration and refugee architecture, and institutional or financing-mechanism design.
• At least two comparable assignments completed in the preceding ten years, including one in Uganda or a comparable East African setting.
• Lead Consultant or Team Leader shall hold at least a master’s degree in public policy studies, development planning, international development, governance, or a related field.
• Lead Consultant or Team Leader shall have at least ten years of relevant experience.
• Lead Consultant or Team Leader shall have led at least two comparable national or multi-institutional assignments involving migration/refugee policy, multi-sectoral planning, coordination or implementation frameworks.
• Core team shall provide complementary expertise in Monitoring and Evaluation, urban/local-government planning, institutional development, public finance/costing, data governance, safeguarding and inclusive stakeholder engagement.
• Consultant shall comply with applicable Ugandan law, KCCA requirements, research ethics, data-protection obligations, safeguarding standards and conflict-of-interest rules.

Skills

• Migration Policy Implementation
• Refugee Policy Development
• Inter-sectoral Coordination
• Program Design
• Institutional Development
• Finance Mechanism Design
• Policy Studies
• Development Planning
• International Development
• Governance
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Urban Planning
• Local Governance Planning
• Public Finance
• Costing
• Data Governance
• Safeguarding Standards
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Research Ethics
• Data Protection

Languages

English